Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Nevies, Jr., Wilson County, Texas, 1867
James Nevies, Jr. registered to vote in Wilson County on July 16, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
James Nevies, Jr.
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Nevies, Jr.
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsJames Nevies, Jr. reported 22 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 3 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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